April 16, 2026

Rare Bird Alert

Jon Fisher

Rare Bird Alert - April 16, 2026

Red-necked Grebe | Inca Dove | White-winged Dove | Pectoral Sandpiper | Solitary Sandpiper | Red-throated Loon | Brown Pelican | Western Cattle-Egret | CRESTED CARACARA | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Ovenbird | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager | Indigo Bunting

April 4, 2026

Rare Bird Alert

Jon Fisher

Rare Bird Alert - April 4, 2026

Red-necked Grebe | Brown Pelican | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Lucy’s Warbler | Northern Parula | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Summer Tanager

April 1, 2026

Field Trips

Susan Castor

4th of July Weekend 2026—Owl Prowl Adventure in ...

We will be leading a Southern Sierra Nevada Owl Prowl July 3-6 Friday to Monday (departure day). Three nights of owling, (and days of birding) SWEEEETTTT!! We have been leading this trip for 20 years or so. If you can’t bear to stay up after midnight, or sleep in a bit, please reconsider.

John Schmitt, illustrator of the National Geographic Field Guide will join us as a co-leader.

4th of July Weekend 2026—Owl Prowl Adventure in the Southern Sierra Nevada

March 30, 2026

BIRDS OF THE SEASON

Susan Castor

Birds of the Season March 2026

February and early March offered typically pleasant weather, with many continuing rare birds and a handful of new ones, as well as the arrival of a few Neotropical migrants. By late March these migrants were becoming more obvious and widespread, with some already on territory. Breeding activity for resident birds was underway well before that.

Birds of the Season March 2026

March 28, 2026

Rare Bird Alert

Jon Fisher

Rare Bird Alert - March 28, 2026

Brown Pelican | Western Cattle-Egret | “Prairie” Merlin | Tropical Kingbird | GREATER PEWEE | Clay-colored Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Summer Tanager

Rare Bird Alert

Jon Fisher

July 14, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

Rare Bird Alert - July 14, 2023

Jon Fisher

July 14, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Hooded Merganser | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Black Swift | Solitary Sandpiper | Craveri’s Murrelet | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Red-eyed Vireo

Jon Fisher

July 7, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

Rare Bird Alert - July 7, 2023

Jon Fisher

July 7, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Least Tern | Magnificent Frigatebird | Cattle Egret | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | California Condor | Red-eyed Vireo

Jon Fisher

June 30, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

Rare Bird Alert - June 30, 2023

Jon Fisher

June 30, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Black Swift | Least Tern | Manx Shearwater | Summer Tanager

Jon Fisher

June 23, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

Rare Bird Alert - June 23, 2023

Jon Fisher

June 23, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Pectoral Sandpiper | Least Tern | Zone-tailed Hawk | Yellow-throated Warbler | Black-throated Green Warbler | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Jon Fisher

June 16, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

Rare Bird Alert - June 16, 2023

Jon Fisher

June 16, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Least Bittern | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | White-eyed Vireo | White-crowned Sparrow | Baltimore Oriole | American Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Jon Fisher

June 9, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

Rare Bird Alert - June 8, 2023

Jon Fisher

June 9, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | White-winged Dove | Franklin’s Gull | CRESTED CARACARA | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Gray Catbird | White-crowned Sparrow | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting

Jon Fisher

June 2, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

Rare Bird Alert - June 2, 2023

Jon Fisher

June 2, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Lesser Scaup | Hooded Merganser | White-winged Dove | Vaux’s Swift | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Common Loon | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Purple Martin | Hermit Thrush | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting

Jon Fisher

May 26, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

Rare Bird Alert - May 26, 2023

Jon Fisher

May 26, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Cackling Goose | Baird’s Sandpiper | Craveri’s Murrelet | Ancient Murrelet | Common Loon | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Tropical Kingbird | Least Flycatcher | Gray Catbird | White-throated Sparrow | Baltimore Oriole | Tennessee Warbler | Northern Parula | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting | Painted Bunting

Jon Fisher

May 17, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

Rare Bird Alert - May 17, 2023

Jon Fisher

May 17, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | Long-tailed Duck | Red-breasted Merganser | Inca Dove | Herring Gull | Cattle Egret | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Broad-winged Hawk | Merlin | Tropical Kingbird | Purple Martin | Gray Catbird | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Northern Parula | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting

Jon Fisher

May 5, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

Rare Bird Alert - May 5, 2023

Jon Fisher

May 5, 2023

Rare Bird Alert

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE | White-winged Scoter | Long-tailed Duck | Inca Dove | White-winged Dove | Black Swift | Pacific Golden-Plover | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Red-footed Booby | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Swamp Sparrow | Tennessee Warbler | Northern Parula | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager